Why can’t `markSpam` == true? about gmailctl HOT 5 CLOSED

This is not an accident. Gmail doesn't allow marking something as spam directly from filters, so this is not something gmailctl can do something about.

I know it's not the same, but one way to clear off some unwanted emails would be to delete them or "mark as read and archive".

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Makes sense.

I guess my next question is: Why is this even an available option? (Not sure where I copy-pasted it from, but it was almost definitely from somewhere in this project and its docs.)

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I don't see any trace of markSpam: true anywhere in the repo (https://sourcegraph.com/search?patternType=literal&q=repo%3Ambrt%2Fgmailctl%20markSpam%3A).

You can set it to false however. From the README:

markSpam: false: do never mark these messages as spam. Note that setting this field to true is not supported by Gmail.

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Thanks, @mbrt (and thanks for the amazing tool, by the way!)

This matches what I would expect, given the GMail Filter UI:

You can specify a filter to not mark a message a spam, but not the opposite.

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Yup!

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